Re: Stool Test [E Histolytica]

The guy in the post you quoted said he got a FilmArray GI Panel. I didn't find that test specifically, but searching the details of it is how I found the GI-Map test, which appears to be similar. Costs about 300 GBP here though, yikes.

Even after a positive result my concern is the lab could miss the same parasite on a follow-up exam and falsely assume it was eradicated. Also people might attribute improvement to one pathogen when it was due to an unidentified one that got killed in the crossfire. Tricky when the symptoms can be so vague.

The guy in the post you quoted said he got a FilmArray GI Panel. I didn't find that test specifically, but searching the details of it is how I found the GI-Map test, which appears to be similar. Costs about 300 GBP here though, yikes.

Even after a positive result my concern is the lab could miss the same parasite on a follow-up exam and falsely assume it was eradicated. Also people might attribute improvement to one pathogen when it was due to an unidentified one that got killed in the crossfire. Tricky when the symptoms can be so vague.

Re: Stool Test [E Histolytica]

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:20 am

by Timm Thaler

raven, may I ask: do you suffer from diarrhea? Is this necessarily a key symptom? I kind of suspect something isn't right with me with my congestional system, however I never suffer from diarrhea rather the contrary.

Re: Stool Test [E Histolytica]

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:13 am

by raven100

Timm Thaler wrote:raven, may I ask: do you suffer from diarrhea? Is this necessarily a key symptom? I kind of suspect something isn't right with me with my congestional system, however I never suffer from diarrhea rather the contrary.

I occasionally suffer very mild digestive symptoms, all very subtle, I really think everyone should get a comprehensive stool test, in the vast majority of cases with this parasite the patient is asymptomatic, yet the parasite will still be artificially raising the level of serotonin in the gut.